A bit of light humour... Please don't take it too seriously, girls! BB Jackie M. ================== > Subject: Mum's army > > Fighters against the Taliban > > Take all Australian women who are within five years of menopause - train > us > for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, > moisturizer with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned tuna - > drop > us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of Afghanistan, and let > us > do what comes naturally. > > Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard stuff > like grocery shopping and paying bills, is formidable enough to make > even > armed men in turbans tremble. > > We've had our children, we would gladly suffer or die to protect them > and > their future. We'd like to get away from our husbands, if they haven't > left > already. And for those of us who are single, the prospect of finding a > good > man with whom to share life is about as likely as being struck by > lightning. > We have nothing to lose. > > We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the carbohydrate diet, > and > the grapefruit diet in gyms and saunas across Australia and never lost a > kilo. We can easily survive months in the hostile terrain of Afghanistan > with no food at all! > > We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers in bars, hardware > stores, or sporting events.finding bin Laden in some cave will be no > problem. > > Uniting all the warring tribes of Afghanistan in a new government? Oh, > please ... we've planned the seating arrangements for in-laws and > extended > families at Christmas dinners for years ....... we understand tribal > warfare. > > Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know every trick there is > for > how they hide, launder, or cover up bank accounts and money sources. > > We know how to find that money and we know how to seize it ... with or > without the government's help! > > Let us go and fight. The Taliban hates women. Imagine their terror as we > crawl like ants with hot-flashes over their godforsaken terrain. > > I'm going to write my local politician. You should, too! > > Di Rayner > Health Promotion Coordinator > Coastal & Wheatbelt Public Health Unit > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ph 9622 0127 fax 9622 5752
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